2 Samuel 1:15

1:15 Then David called one of the soldiers¹ and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

2 Samuel 21:21

21:21 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.

2 Samuel 4:6

4:6 They² entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him³ in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.

2 Samuel 6:7

6:7 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah,⁴ he⁵ killed him on the spot⁶ for his negligence.⁷ He died right there beside the ark of God.

2 Samuel 2:23

2:23 But Asahel⁸ refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his⁹ spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel¹⁰ collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner.¹¹ Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect.¹²

2 Samuel 3:27

3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him¹³ in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.¹⁴

2 Samuel 4:7

4:7 They had entered¹⁵ the house while Ish-bosheth¹⁶ was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him¹⁷ and then cut off his head.¹⁸ Taking his head,¹⁹ they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.

2 Samuel 20:10

20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab²⁰ stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s²¹ intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal.²² Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

2 Samuel 8:10

8:10 he²³ sent his son Joram²⁴ to King David to extend his best wishes²⁵ and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer.²⁶ He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze.²⁷

¹tn Heb “young men.”

²tc For the MT’s וְהֵנָּה (vÿhennah, “and they,” feminine) read וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and behold”). See the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Targum.

³tn Heb “and they struck him down.”

³tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”

⁴tn Heb “God.”

⁵tc Heb “there.” Since this same term occurs later in the verse it is translated “on the spot” here for stylistic reasons.

⁶tc The phrase “his negligence” is absent from the LXX.

⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn Heb “the.” The article functions here as a possessive pronoun.

⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “and they stand.”

⁵tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”

⁶tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”

⁶tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.

⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

⁹tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.

¹⁰tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”

⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”

⁸tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.

¹⁰tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

¹¹tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Toi.”

¹²tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”